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Ketchikan, ak, USA

Heating Oil Discharge At Point Higgens School; Ketchikan, Alaska · NOAAORR-11056

issued
2025-08-22 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2025-09-05 00:00Z
self-cancels
2025-09-05 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
position
55.470, -131.821
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Heating Oil Discharge at Point Higgens School; Ketchikan, Alaska.
Ketchikan, AK, USA.
1. On 8/18/2025, a discharge from a heating oil tank in the basement of Point Higgins Elementary School, Ketchikan, Alaska was discovered. On 8/21/2025, the discharge volume was upgraded from 200 up to 2,750 gallons. The basement did not contain the spill and fuel is ponding in the surrounding woods and reached the adjacent marine waters (Clover Pass, West Behm Canal).
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 55.470N 131.821W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 11056: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/11056

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